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Soldiers of Christ, arise

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #484 (1933) Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Topics: The Christian Life Temptation and Conflict; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Languages: English Tune Title: STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

Be strong!

Author: Rev. Maltbie D. Babcock Hymnal: The Hymnal #488 (1950) Meter: 2.10.10.10 Topics: Citizenship, Christian Lyrics: 1 Be strong! We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do and loads to lift; Shun not the struggle, face it, ’tis God’s gift. 2 Be strong! Say not the days are evil— who’s to blame? And fold the hands and acquiesce— O shame! Stand up, speak out, and bravely, in God’s Name. 3 Be strong! It matters not how deep intrenched the wrong, How hard the battle goes, the day, how long; Faint not, fight on! Tomorrow comes the song. Amen. Tune Title: SONG 24

Workman of God! O lose not heart

Author: Frederick William Faber, 1814-63 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #489 (1933) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Life Temptation and Conflict; The Church Ministers and Teachers; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Languages: English Tune Title: GRAINGER

Now praise we great and famous men

Author: Rev. William G. Tarrant (1853-1928) Hymnal: The Hymnal #491 (1950) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: Citizenship, Christian Lyrics: 1 Now praise we great and famous men, The fathers named in story; And praise the Lord who now as then Reveals in man His glory. 2 Praise we the wise and brave and strong, Who graced their generation; Who helped the right, and fought the wrong, And made our folk a nation. 3 Praise we the great of heart and mind, The singers sweetly gifted, Whose music like a mighty wind The souls of men uplifted. 4 Praise we the peaceful men of skill Who builded homes of beauty, And, rich in art, made richer still The brotherhood of duty. 5 So praise we great and famous men, The fathers, named in story; And praise the Lord who now as then Reveals in man His glory. Amen. Tune Title: ACH GOTT UND HERR

We Gather Together

Author: Theodore Baker, 1851-1934 Hymnal: Worship and Service Hymnal #517 (2006) Topics: Citizenship, Christian First Line: We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing Lyrics: 1 We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing; He chastens and hastens His will to make known; The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing; Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own. 2 Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining, Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine; So from the beginning the fight we were winning; Thou, Lord, wast at our side, all glory be Thine! 3 We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant, And pray that Thou still our Defender wilt be; Let Thy congregation escape tribulation; Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free! Amen. [Alternate ending after third stanza: Lord, make us free.] Languages: English Tune Title: KREMSER

O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand

Author: Leonard Bacon, 1802-1881 Hymnal: Worship and Service Hymnal #521 (2006) Topics: Citizenship, Christian Lyrics: 1 O God, beneath Thy guiding hand Our exiled fathers crossed the sea; And when they trod the wintry strand, With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee. 2 Thou heard'st, well pleased, the song, the prayer; Thy blessing came; and still its pow'r Shall onward thro' all ages bear The memory of that holy hour. 3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; And where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their graves. 4 And here Thy Name, O God of love, Their children's children shall adore, Till these eternal hills remove, And spring adorns the earth no more. Amen. Languages: English Tune Title: DUKE STREET

A charge to keep I have

Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #578 (1933) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: The Christian Life Service and Influence; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Languages: English Tune Title: CAMBRIDGE

How Beautiful, Our Spacious Skies

Author: Miriam Therese Winter; Katharine Lee Bates Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #594 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6 D Topics: Christian unity; Citizenship; Freedom and Liberation National; Peace World; Repentance First Line: How beautiful our spacious skies Languages: English Tune Title: MATERNA

Where cross the crowded ways of life

Author: Frank Mason North, 1850-1936 Hymnal: The Methodist Hymn-Book with Tunes #895 (1933) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: The Christian Life Service and Influence; National and Social Service Citizenship and Service Languages: English Tune Title: ST. BARTHOLOMEW